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To: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org>
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Subject: Re: X and DHCP 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 13 Nov 2001 13:35:49 PST."
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Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 14:03:00 -0800
From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net>
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> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 13:35:49 -0800 (PST)
> From: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org>
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> 
> Indeed, by using xdm, I was able to make use of ssh-agent, and thus make
> ssh very easy to use -- yes, from my laptop.  And good security that is
> easy to use is a Very Good Thing.

ssh-agent from startx is pretty trivial, too.
'exec ssh-agent gnome-session' in my .xinitrc is all I need for this. 
I then put ssh-add into my gnome startup programs list. (Control Center -->
Session --> Session Properties & Startup)

R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: oberman@es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634

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